The Bible

Outline
Two Servants: The Great Servant and Israel
Both were to be lights to the world to reveal God's glory
Both were given direction and God's word
The Great Servant would redeem and bring justice
Israel needed a redeemer and were unfaithful to God and His word
The Great Servant be a covenant. Israel failed to uphold God's covenant and would be disciplined.

Doctrine
The Bible is a collection of sixty-six writings by more than forty human authors. It is God's special and unique revelation of Himself to human beings and, as such, bears divine characteristics (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21). It is without error since God cannot err or lie (Numbers 23:19; 2 Samuel 22:31; Proverbs 30:5; John 17:17). It is consistent, meaning that it tells one great story, the story of redemption, and that it does not contradict itself. God promises to work through the Bible to accomplish His purposes, including the salvation of the lost (Isaiah 55:10-11; 1 Peter 1:24-25; Psalm 119).

Divine Characteristics
2 Timothy 3:15-17
15 and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

2 Peter 1:20-21
20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Inerrant
Numbers 23:19
19 God is not a man, that he should lie,
nor a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfill?

2 Samuel 22:31
31 “As for God, his way is perfect;
the word of the LORD is flawless.
He is a shield
for all who take refuge in him.

Proverbs 30:5
5 “Every word of God is flawless;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

John 17:17
17 Sanctify[a] them by the truth; your word is truth.

Accomplishes God's Purposes
Isaiah 55:10-11
10 As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

1 Peter 1:24-25
24 For,
“All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 but the word of the Lord stands forever.”[a]
And this is the word that was preached to you.

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